Fastigiate trees
To the botanist, the word fastigiate means 'with parallel, erect, clustered branches'. It has rrow become more widely used in a more generalized sense for trees with narrow crowns. All those mentioned are derived from natural sports and do not ... [... more]
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Ginkgo biloba 'Fastigiata'
Fastigiate forms provide excellent vertical accent and are generally valued for their ability to fit into small horizontal spaces. Excellent choice for a variety of uses, however, including lawn tree or street tree. Also effective in city parks ... [... more]
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Sky Pencil
The strongly fastigiate, pencil-thin growth habit and lustrous, dark evergreen leaves provide a rare, natural, vertical accent in the landscape. Even the smallest of spaces can accommodate this excellent and durable holly. Discovered in the wild ... [... more]
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Carpinus betulus 'Columnaris'
The narrowest selection of the European hornbeam. It has a narrow formal habit and maintains a central leader. Densely branched, upright, fastigiate to narrow oval, good central leader. [... more]
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Betula pendula 'Fastigiata'
A fastigiate form of the European white birch that broadens or spreads open with time. Fastigiate habit, spreading open with maturity and ice/snow loads [... more]
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Cornus florida 'Fastigiata'
A fastigate form that widens to an oval habit or wider with age. Its flowers are white like the species. Upright or fastigiate in youth, becoming oval and ultimately spreading with old age [... more]
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Carpinus betulus 'Fastigiata'
The widest of the narrow selections of the European hornbeam, it develops a formal oval shape with time. Broad oval-vase shaped, no central leader, variable in the trade. It has a narrow fastigiate habit in youth that continues to widen to a ... [... more]
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Juniperus communis
One of the most widely distributed native plants in the world, this evergreen species is represented in the trade by a host of cultivars that vary from narrow fastigiated to broad-rounded habits. Narrow fastigiate to broad rounded or even ... [... more]
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Acer x freemanii 'Armstrong'
This red maple hybrid (cross between red and silver maple) is a deciduous tree which will typically grow 40-60' (sometimes 70') tall with a very narrow, fastigiate (branches erect) form. Leaves resemble those of its silver maple parent and are ... [... more]
Missouri Botanical Garden |
Carpinus betulus 'Fastigiata' Plant of Merit
European hornbeam typically grows 40-60' (less frequently to 80') tall with a pyramidal to oval-rounded crown. 'Fastigiata', sometimes called Upright European hornbeam, displays a narrow, fastigiate form in youth, but gradually acquires a tear ... [... more]
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Juniperus Virginiana 'Skyrocket' Tree
 This extremely narrow (18 inches at maturity!) columnar or fastigiate grower has rich blue foliage and reaches a height of 15 feet in 10 to 12 years. It retains its juvenile foliage form throughout its life. Preferring open sun and drier soil than most [... more]
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Shrubs: Ilex vomitoria 'Will Fleming'
Dark olive green leaves; light green stems; fastigiate branches Male plant; narrow upright habit Sun to partial shade; range of soil types; good drought tolerance Small, non-showy greenish white flowers [... more]
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